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Section 638. Regional Shopping Center (RSC) District.
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The provisions of this section shall apply only to land zoned RSC prior to the effective date of this ordinance (February 19, 2003).

The intent of this district is to provide for major regional shopping facilities in those locations in the City deemed appropriate for such intense concentrations to serve large geographic areas while at the same time affording protection to nearby areas.

A. District Restrictions. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, the following restrictions shall apply to this district.

1. All properties within this district shall be contiguous and shall be totally developed under a unified plan.

2. All landscaping and other common facilities shall be provided and maintained by the shopping center.

3. All commercial uses shall be restricted to closed buildings except parking lots, plant nurseries, promotional events and the normal pump island services of service station operations.

4. Any lighting shall be placed so as to reflect the light away from adjacent residential districts. No noise, odor or vibration shall be emitted so that it exceeds the general level of noise, odor or vibration emitted by uses outside the boundaries of this district. Such comparison shall be made at the boundary of this district.

5. No accessory use shall be permitted except as specified in this Section as a permitted or accessory use. No accessory use or uses may employ a use of floor space having a total in excess of ten percent (10%) of the floor space of the primary use. No accessory use shall operate at hours when the primary use is closed. An accessory use shall not include any manufacturing except custom handcrafting of wearing apparel or personal accessories for direct retail sale to the user.

6. No vehicles, which for purposes of this provision includes trailers, watercraft or other types of transportation that are built to carry passengers or cargo, can be sold or displayed for sale on-site unless: [a] permitted pursuant to Section 638.B., [b] being sold by a registered vehicle retail sales dealership, and [c] upon obtaining a special permit pursuant to Section 647.

7. A commercial property owner can display for sale vehicles, which for purposes of this provision includes trailers, watercraft or other types of transportation that are built to carry passengers or cargo, when the display is being done on behalf of or in conjunction with a registered vehicle retail sales dealership and a use permit has been obtained in compliance with Section 307. The actual sale of the vehicle displayed must be completed by the registered retail sales dealership at their vehicle sales dealership site.

B. Permitted Uses.

1. Same as C-2.

2. Promotional events as in P.S.C.

C. Yard, Height and Area Requirements.

1. There shall be a minimum area of one hundred ten (110) acres gross having a minimum frontage of two thousand (2,000) feet on streets having arterial street standards.

2. No building shall exceed a height of fifty-six (56) feet, excluding elevator shafts, mechanical units or other like uses, except as provided in C below. Buildings shall comply with the following setbacks:

a. Thirty-five (35) foot setback for a building not exceeding twenty (20) feet high.

b. Fifty (50) foot setback for a building in excess of twenty (20) feet high, but not exceeding fifty-six (56) feet.

c. Major regional retail shopping buildings may exceed fifty-six (56) feet in height provided such buildings be setback from the nearest dedicated street four (4) feet for each one (1) foot of height when located adjacent to a commercial or industrial zoning district and six (6) feet for each one (1) foot of height when located adjacent to a residential district, or a residential district and commercial and/or industrial district. In no event shall any such building exceed a height of four (4) stories not to exceed seventy (70) feet.

3. All the buildings on a site shall not cover more than forty percent (40%) of the area of such site.

4. Any garbage and/or trash containers not kept within a closed building shall be contained within enclosures constructed of masonry of such color and texture as to complement the architecture of the buildings. Such enclosures shall be of sufficient height and design to conceal the contents from view from a height of six (6) feet from any adjacent property line.

5. Outdoor plant nurseries shall be enclosed within a wall or fence of such material, construction and height as to complement the architecture of the building and conceal from observation all operations conducted within such wall or fence, and shall be located at a distance of not less than one hundred (100) feet from all property lines.

6. There shall be a landscaped area of at least ten (10) feet in width adjacent to all public street and canal rights-of-way. Where the side and/or rear property lines of an R.S.C. site are contiguous to a residential zoning district, or are separated there from only by an alley, there shall be a six (6) foot high solid masonry wall adjacent to the property line, plus a ten (10) foot wide landscaped area adjacent to the wall on the shopping center property. The landscaped area shall contain trees having at least three (3) inch caliper spaced no farther apart than twenty-five (25) feet. If landscaping is placed in the canal right-of-way adjacent to the development, the landscaped area may be reduced by an amount equal to the depth of the right-of-way landscaping.

D. Off-Street Parking.

1. Automobile parking shall be provided on the site of any RSC development as provided in Section 702

2. Reserved.

E. Development Review Approval. A site plan approved in accordance with Section 507 of this chapter is required for all uses. (Ord. No. G-4041, 1997; Ord. No. G-4109, 1998; Ord. No. G-4498, 2003; Ord. No. G-5544, 2010)